Thomas Munz
Thomas Otto Munz (born March 7, 1929 in Seelbach , Baden; † November 4, 2011 ) was a German sculptor.
Career
Munz first completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter. At the age of 21 he started training as a sculptor at the Munich School of Applied Arts and continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts . There he met his wife, the sculptor Maria Munz-Natterer († 2008). Both married in 1957 and in 1959 acquired the Bartl property in Niederneuching .
He created works for churches, public spaces and places, especially in the Erding district, but also in Lower Austria, such as in the Geras Abbey or Pernegg Abbey .
Awards
- 1991: Culture Prize of the district of Erding
Works
- Fountain at the secondary school in Taufkirchen
- War memorial in Niederneuching
- Well in Oberneuching
- Aluminum sculpture at the secondary school in Wartenberg
- Entrance sculpture at the Erding District Hospital (together with Maria Munz-Natterer)
- Stone sculpture at the Anne Frank High School in Erding
- Fountain sculpture at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Schellingstrasse 3
- Tabernacle of the parish church Apparition of the Lord in Munich- Blumenau
literature
- Vollmer VI, 1962, 291
- Thomas Munz designs a museum for the deceased wife , in: Erdinger Anzeiger, No. 58/2009, March 11, 2009
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary notice in the Süddeutsche Zeitung
- ^ Chagall-Hof , accessed on December 3, 2011.
- ↑ SkulpTour Munich ; Retrieved December 3, 2011
- ↑ Parish Church Appearance of the Lord ; accessed on December 21, 2016
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SURNAME | Munz, Thomas |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Munz, Thomas Otto (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 7, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Seelbach , Baden |
DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 2011 |